HAITI: Humanitarian aid still needed until 2011 says UN official (0)
3/10/10 •
NEW YORK, CMC – Nearly two months after Haiti was struck by a catastrophic earthquake, the top United Nations official here is saying the country is moving towards recovery and reconstruction but will need continued urgent humanitarian relief for at least the next 12 months.
The powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 killed more than [...]
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CRICKET: Doctrove only West Indies umpire for ICC WT20 (0)
3/10/10 •
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Mar 10, CMC – International Cricket Council Emirates Elite Panel umpire Billy Doctrove is the only West Indian slated to stand in the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 tournament starting at the end of April in the Caribbean.
Doctrove, a 54-year-old Dominican, is one of 10 Elite Panel umpires assigned to the tournament [...]
CRICKET: Roberts says change must start at top (0)
3/10/10 •
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 10, CMC – West Indies fast-bowling legend Andy Roberts says West Indies cricket has taken the mediocrity road and he believes change is needed in the sport’s administration.
Roberts, 59, chided the players, selectors and officials of West Indies cricket and said what is being presented as West Indies cricket at [...]
BAHAMAS: Government meets internationally agreed tax standards (0)
3/10/10 •
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government says it has signed seven Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEA) WITH THE Nordic countries as it seeks to comply with the changing international regulatory environment.
A Government statement said that the agreements had been signed in Paris with representatives of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroes.
“ [...]
TRINIDAD: Police probing allegations against former UDECOTT chairman (0)
3/10/10 •
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police have started investigations into allegations made against the embattled former executive chairman of the State-owned Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (UDECOTT),Calder Hart, even as a senior government minister claimed he had been hounded out of office.
Newly appointed Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Roger Gaspard met with [...]
Water high on CARICOM agenda (0)
3/10/10 •
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With several Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) reeling from the effects of drought, the water situation in the Region will come under sharp focus at the 21st Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government which opens Thursday morning.
The Heads of Government Meeting at Fort Young [...]
GRENADA: Citizens to express opinion on OECS Economic Union (0)
3/10/10 •
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government says it is organising a series of public discussions to allow citizens to express their position on the proposed Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Economic Union.
A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister said that the public discussions would begin on March 16 and will [...]
ANTIGUA: IMF team visiting Antigua? (0)
3/10/10 •
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in Antigua and Barbuda meeting with government and private sector officials.
There has been no official announcement from the Baldwin Spencer government with regards to the arrival of the team, but both State and privately-owned media have reported that several meetings have [...]
JAMAICA: Union accuses Air Jamaica management of breaching laws (0)
3/10/10 •
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – One of the unions representing workers at the soon to be sold Air Jamaica, says the authorities breached the law when it announced that the positions of all employees would be made redundant next month.
“They went even further; they’re now issuing the workers’ records to Caribbean Airlines (CAL) without the unions’ [...]
CRICKET: No plans to secede says Campbell (0)
3/10/10 •
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar 9, CMC – Jamaica will remain part of the West Indies cricket fold for the foreseeable future.
Far from withdrawing from the West Indies Cricket Board, Jamaica Cricket Association President Paul Campbell indicated the plan was to fortify the relationship to help restore the Caribbean’s supremacy in the sport.
“We are not interested in [...]
DOMINICA: Ruling Party gearing for by-elections (0)
3/10/10 •
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says the ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP) is preparing to contest three by-elections if the parliamentary representatives in those constituencies continue to boycott parliament.
Former prime minister Edison James is among three legislators from the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) that are boycotting the national parliament as [...]
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